Acronyms
ACE Adverse Childhood Experience
AD(H)D Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ARBD Alcohol Related Birth Defects
ARND Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
AP Alternative Provision
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
BAD Bipolar Affective Disorder
BERA British Educational Research Association
BILD British Institute of Learning Disabilities
CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
CBT Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
CCVAB Children who display Challenging, Violent or Aggressive Behaviour
CDSR The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CUREE Centre for the Use of Research Evidence in Education
CWMT Cogmed Working Memory Training
CYPS Children and Young People Services
DCD Developmental Coordination Disorder
DPO Data Protection Officer
DfE Department for Education
DoH Department of Health
DSG Designated School Grant
DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
EHCP Education, Health and Care plan
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage
FASD Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FE Further Education
FIES Food Insecurity Experience Scale
FSM Free School Meals
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
GP General Practitioner
HI Hearing Impairment
HIV Human, Immunodeficiency Virus
IASS SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases
IHCP Individual Healthcare plan
IPSEA Independent Parental Special Education Advice
ITE Initial Teacher Education
LA Local Authority
LAIT Local Authority Interactive Tool
MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI Multi-Sensory Impairment
NC National Curriculum
NCTL National College for Teaching and Leadership
NHS National Health Service
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Ofsted Office for Standards in Education
ONS Office for National Statistics
PECS Picture Exchange Communication System
PFAS Partial Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
PMLD Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
PBS Positive Behaviour Support
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
PTSD Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
SEN Special Educational Needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SEND Special Educational Needs and/or Disability
SLCN Speech, Language and Communication Needs
SLD Severe Learning Difficulty
SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time bound
SPD Sensory Processing Disorder
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulty
SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
SMI Severe Mental Illness
TA Teaching Assistant
UNCRPD United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
VI Visual Impairment
YOT Youth Offending Team
Martin-Denham, S. and Watts, S. (2019) SENCO Handbook: Leading Provision and Practice. London: Sage Publishers.
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